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| Jarkko Ala-Huikku | |
| Birth Date: | 31 January 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Seinäjoki, Finland |
| Weight: | 600NaN0 |
| Sport: | Wrestling |
| Event: | Greco-Roman |
| Club: | Ilmajoen Kisailijat |
| Coach: | Seppo Yli-Hannuksela |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Tapani Jarkko Ala-Huikku (born January 31, 1980, in Seinäjoki) is an amateur Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's lightweight category.[1] [2] He won the bronze medal for his division at the 2007 European Wrestling Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, and gold at the 2008 European Wrestling Championships in Tampere.[3] He is also a member of Ilmajoen Kisailijat Wrestling Club in Ilmajoki, and is coached and trained by Seppo Yli-Hannuksela, the father of two-time Olympic medalist Marko Yli-Hannuksela.[1]
At age twenty-eight, Ala-Huikku made his official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's 60 kg class. He received a bye for the second preliminary match, before losing out to Kyrgyzstan's Ruslan Tumenbaev, who was able to score seven points in two straight periods, leaving Ala-Huikku with a single point.[4]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Ala-Huikku, however, lost again in the second preliminary match of men's 60 kg class to France's Tarik Belmadani, with a technical score of 0–4.[5]
Nowadays Ala-Huikku is working as sport journalist and commentator in Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE.